Keywords: mill stream
Item 27667
Dam across Prestile Stream, Presque Isle, 1910
Contributed by: Presque Isle Historical Society Date: 1910 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photographic print
Item 9052
Wesserunsett Stream, Skowhegan, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1900 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Melting snow, ice, warmer temperatures, and rain sometimes bring floods to Maine's many rivers and streams. Floods are most frequent in the spring, but can occur at any season.
Exhibit
Jay & Livermore Falls, Pioneers in Paper Making
Alvin Record and Hugh J. Chisholm were instrumental in building paper mills in Jay, Livermore, and Livermore Falls. The two industrialists helped make the towns prosperous.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills
"The Vaughan Stream, located in Hallowell, Maine, was owned by the Vaughan Family. In 1840, Sarah Hallowell Vaughan sold the Vaughan Stream water…"
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream
"The mill lasted about eighty years. They made slate, plaster, and putty. The company was worth $10,000."
Story
A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin
As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down
